Johnny Halloween: Tales of the Dark Season

7 best books like Johnny Halloween: Tales of the Dark Season (Norman Partridge): A Night in the Lonesome October, A Witch Before Dying, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Paperbacks From Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction, We Sold Our Souls, The Dark Country, Halloween Fiend

A Night in the Lonesome October

Author	Roger Zelazny
ISBN	0380771411

Review updated yet again (and again) on November 1, 2018

A group read with some of my greatest friends: OhWell, Sarah, and Tadiana.

First a disclaimer: I lost count to the number of times I read the book. Seriously. I still find something new with each reread. I would also like to welcome...

A Witch Before Dying

Author	Heather Blake
ISBN	0451237633

Darcy Merriweather is Salem's newest resident Wishcrafter--a witch who can grant wishes for others. While Darcy isn't able to grant wishes for herself, she does possess a certain knack for solving problems--including the occasional murder...

When Darcy is hired by Elodie Keaton to clean...

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Author	Washington Irving
ISBN	0809594080

“I recollect that, when a stripling, my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley. I had wandered into it at noon time, when all nature is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of my own gun, as it broke the Sabbath stillness around,...

Paperbacks From Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction

Author	Grady Hendrix
ISBN	1594749817

Written in dead letters... and covered in blood!

Demonic possession! Haunted condominiums! Murderous babies! Man-eating moths! No plot was too ludicrous, no cover art too appalling, no evil too despicable for the Paperbacks From Hell.

Where did they come from? Where did they go?...

We Sold Our Souls

Author

Grady Hendrix

In the 1990s, heavy metal band Dürt Würk was poised for breakout success -- but then lead singer Terry Hunt embarked on a solo career and rocketed to stardom as Koffin, leaving his fellow bandmates to rot in rural Pennsylvania.

Two decades later, former guitarist Kris Pulaski works as the...

The Dark Country

Author	Dennis Etchison
ISBN	1930235046

After reading a handful of The Dark Country stories, I began to think of the paintings of Edward Hopper. At first my reaction was a puzzle. I wonderer why.

After all, Etchison writes vividly of Southern California in the late 70’s and early ‘80’s, of LA airports, highways and rest...

Halloween Fiend

Author	C.V. Hunt
ISBN	1941918433

Strang isn’t the small, quaint town it appears to be. It’s haunted every night by a creature the townsfolk refer to as Halloween. Once the sun sets each day, Halloween emerges to collect its treats: a small, live offering from each household. The residents comply because no one wants to be the target...